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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, September 22nd, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes Terry Cutler of Montreal's Cyology Labs will be here to discuss some of the week's news. That

So, this is how the Defcon Hacking Conference is going for someone today:   In short, s/he was using a Wifi Pineapple to try to do some of the mentioned-in-that-link nefarious stuff to the wifi at the conference. Instead of succeeding, s/he got infected with some as-yet-unknown-to-mankind hideous virus or trojan or worm or god-knows-what.…

It is not rare for people to set up an Access Point (AP) and then forget about its location. It is especially true in an office where there may be many access

This is the fifth and final installment about designing a WiFi router into a phone charger for security, pentesting and red teaming; (part zero, part one, part two here, part three here). Feel free…

While hackers are often associated with criminal acts and interest in hacking may not be encouraged -- especially at younger ages -- the difference between white hat and black hat activities is important to remember.   These days, with cyberattacks increasing in scope and complexity, we need professional, ethical hackers to help protect the day-to-day services we all use, and when it comes to younger people especially with an interest in this field, a gift or two to encourage their entry int...